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08/29/2016

VA Beach senator enters governor's race

By David Hylton

Virginia Beach state Sen. Frank Wagner entered the 2017 governor's race over the weekend, bringing the total of GOP candidates to four.

"I know I can do better than what’s going on now in Virginia," Wagner told the Virginian Pilot. "I can do a better job." Wagner said he had been considering running for the Republican nomination for about a year.

The other candidates seeking the GOP nomination are: Ed Gillespie, the former chairman of the Republican National Committee; U.S. Rep. Rob Wittman, whose district spans from Northern Virginia to the Peninsula; and Corey Stewart, the chairman of the Prince William Board of Supervisors and the state chairman for Donald Trump's presidential campaign.